egg

[ eg ]

/ ɛg /

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noun

the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.

such a body produced by a domestic bird, especially the hen.

the contents of an egg or eggs: raw egg; fried eggs.

anything resembling a hen's egg.

Also called egg cell. the female gamete; ovum.

Informal. person: He's a good egg.

Slang. an aerial bomb.

verb (used with object)

to prepare (food) by dipping in beaten egg.

Idioms for egg

egg on one's face, Informal. humiliation or embarrassment resulting from having said or done something foolish or unwise: They were afraid to back the losing candidate and wind up with egg on their faces.

lay an egg, Informal. to fail wretchedly, especially to be unsuccessful in front of an audience: He laid an egg as the romantic hero.

put all one's eggs in one basket, to venture all of something that one possesses in a single enterprise.

walk on eggs, to walk or act very cautiously.

Origin of egg

before 900; Middle English <Old Norse; replacing Middle English ey,Old English ǣg,German Ei egg; akin to Latin ōvum,Greek ōión egg

pronunciation note for egg

Egg, like beg, leg, and other words where “short e” precedes a “hard g” sound, is pronounced with the vowel

[e] /ɛ/ of bet and let, except in parts of New England and the South Midland and southern U.S., where these words are frequently said with

[-eyg], /-eɪg/, to rhyme with vague and plague, especially in the speech of the less educated. This raising of

[e] /ɛ/ to a higher vowel

[ey], /eɪ/, articulated with the upper surface of the tongue closer to the palate, also occurs before

[zh], /ʒ/, as in measure, pleasure, and treasure.

OTHER WORDS FROM egg

eggless, adjectiveeggy, adjective

Words nearby egg

Eger, Egeria, egest, egesta, egestion, egg, egg albumin, egg and dart, egg and spoon race, egg apparatus, eggbeater

Definition for egg (2 of 2)

egg²

[ eg ]

/ ɛg /

verb (used with object)

to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on).

Origin of egg

1150–1200; Middle English <Old Norse eggja to incite, derivative of eggedge

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for egg

Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Egg-laying hens are placed in cages to unnaturally churn out egg after egg.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.
The Most Confusing Christmas Music Lyrics Explained (VIDEO)|Kevin Fallon|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with fleur de sel and pepper.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Chicken Pot Pies|Ina Garten|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Place a pastry circle over each bowl, adhering it with the egg wash.
Make These Barefoot Contessa Chicken Pot Pies|Ina Garten|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We take a less gloomy view of our errors now our father confessor listens to us over his egg and coffee.
Adam Bede|George Eliot
She fluttered off, doing the wounded-bird trick, leaving behind her an egg and a newly hatched chick.
A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open|Theodore Roosevelt
Office-seekers and speech-makers, who do not so much as lay an honest egg, but wear their breasts bare upon an egg of chalk!
A Plea for Captain John Brown|Henry David Thoreau
To the experienced eye the color of the egg indicates that it has died as it takes on a sort of pinkish or darkish tint.
Ducks and Geese|Harry M. Lamon
So after a while he came to a great highway, which was so smooth that an egg might have been rolled along it without breaking.
The Red Fairy Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for egg (1 of 2)

egg¹

/ (ɛɡ) /

noun

the oval or round reproductive body laid by the females of birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, and some other animals, consisting of a developing embryo, its food store, and sometimes jelly or albumen, all surrounded by an outer shell or membrane

Also called: egg cell any female gamete; ovum

the egg of the domestic hen used as food

something resembling an egg, esp in shape or in being in an early stage of development

bad egg old-fashioned, informal

a bad person
an exclamation of dismay

good egg old-fashioned, informal

a good person
an exclamation of delight

lay an egg slang, mainly US and Canadian

to make a joke or give a performance, etc, that fails completely
(of a joke, performance, etc) to fail completely; flop

put all one's eggs in one basket or have all one's eggs in one basket to stake everything on a single venture

teach one's grandmother to suck eggs to presume to teach someone something that he knows already

with egg on one's face informal made to look ridiculous

verb (tr)

to dip (food) in beaten egg before cooking

US informal to throw eggs at

Word Origin for egg

C14: from Old Norse egg; related to Old English ǣg, Old High German ei

British Dictionary definitions for egg (2 of 2)

egg²

/ (ɛɡ) /

verb

(tr usually foll by on) to urge or incite, esp to daring or foolish acts

Word Origin for egg

Old English eggian, from Old Norse eggja to urge; related to Old English ecg edge, Middle Low German eggen to harrow

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with egg

egg

In addition to the idioms beginning with egg

egg in your beer
egg on
egg on one's face, have

also see:

bad egg
good egg
goose egg
kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
lay an egg
put all one's eggs in one basket
walk on eggs

Cultural definitions for egg

egg

A female gamete.

Medical definitions for egg

egg

[ ĕg ]

n.

The female sexual cell or gamete; an ovum.

Scientific definitions for egg

egg

[ ĕg ]

The larger, usually nonmotile female reproductive cell of most organisms that reproduce sexually. Eggs are haploid (they have half the number of chromosomes as the other cells in the organism's body). During fertilization, the nucleus of an egg cell fuses with the nucleus of a sperm cell (the male reproductive cell) to form a new diploid organism. In animals, eggs are spherical, covered by a membrane, and usually produced by the ovaries. In some simple aquatic animals, eggs are fertilized and develop outside the body. In some terrestrial animals, such as insects, reptiles and birds, eggs are fertilized inside the body but are incubated outside the body, protected by durable, waterproof membranes (shells) until the young hatch. In mammals, eggs produced in the ovaries are fertilized inside the body and (except in the cases of monotremes) develop in the reproductive tract until birth. The human female fetus possesses all of the eggs that she will ever have; every month after the onset of puberty, one of these eggs matures and is released from the ovary into the fallopian tube, where it is either fertilized or discarded during menstruation. In many plants (such as the bryophytes, ferns, and gymnosperms) eggs are produced by flasked-shaped structures known as archegonia. In gymnosperms and angiosperms, eggs are enclosed within ovules. In angiosperms, the ovules are enclosed within ovaries. See also oogenesis.

In many animals, a structure consisting of this reproductive cell together with nutrients and often a protective covering. The embryo develops within this structure if the reproductive cell is fertilized. The egg is often laid outside the body, but the female of ovoviviparous species may keep it inside the body until after hatching.

单词	egg
释义	egg ¹ [ eg ] / ɛg / SEE SYNONYMS FOR egg ON THESAURUS.COM noun the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species. such a body produced by a domestic bird, especially the hen. the contents of an egg or eggs: raw egg; fried eggs. anything resembling a hen's egg. Also called egg cell. the female gamete; ovum. Informal. person: He's a good egg. Slang. an aerial bomb. verb (used with object) to prepare (food) by dipping in beaten egg. Idioms for egg egg on one's face, Informal. humiliation or embarrassment resulting from having said or done something foolish or unwise: They were afraid to back the losing candidate and wind up with egg on their faces. lay an egg, Informal. to fail wretchedly, especially to be unsuccessful in front of an audience: He laid an egg as the romantic hero. put all one's eggs in one basket, to venture all of something that one possesses in a single enterprise. walk on eggs, to walk or act very cautiously. Origin of egg ¹ before 900; Middle English <Old Norse; replacing Middle English ey,Old English ǣg,German Ei egg; akin to Latin ōvum,Greek ōión egg pronunciation note for egg Egg, like beg, leg, and other words where “short e” precedes a “hard g” sound, is pronounced with the vowel [e] /ɛ/ of bet and let, except in parts of New England and the South Midland and southern U.S., where these words are frequently said with [-eyg], /-eɪg/, to rhyme with vague and plague, especially in the speech of the less educated. This raising of [e] /ɛ/ to a higher vowel [ey], /eɪ/, articulated with the upper surface of the tongue closer to the palate, also occurs before [zh], /ʒ/, as in measure, pleasure, and treasure. OTHER WORDS FROM egg eggless, adjectiveeggy, adjective Words nearby egg Eger, Egeria, egest, egesta, egestion, egg, egg albumin, egg and dart, egg and spoon race, egg apparatus, eggbeater Definition for egg (2 of 2) egg² [ eg ] / ɛg / verb (used with object) to incite or urge; encourage (usually followed by on). Origin of egg ² 1150–1200; Middle English <Old Norse eggja to incite, derivative of eggedge Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for egg Creating PGCs from skin tissue, on the other hand, seems like a walk in the park compared to egg freezing. Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women\|Samantha Allen\|January 3, 2015\|DAILY BEAST Egg-laying hens are placed in cages to unnaturally churn out egg after egg. The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity\|William O’Connor\|December 27, 2014\|DAILY BEAST We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song. The Most Confusing Christmas Music Lyrics Explained (VIDEO)\|Kevin Fallon\|December 24, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Brush the pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with fleur de sel and pepper. Make These Barefoot Contessa Chicken Pot Pies\|Ina Garten\|November 29, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Place a pastry circle over each bowl, adhering it with the egg wash. Make These Barefoot Contessa Chicken Pot Pies\|Ina Garten\|November 29, 2014\|DAILY BEAST We take a less gloomy view of our errors now our father confessor listens to us over his egg and coffee. Adam Bede\|George Eliot She fluttered off, doing the wounded-bird trick, leaving behind her an egg and a newly hatched chick. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open\|Theodore Roosevelt Office-seekers and speech-makers, who do not so much as lay an honest egg, but wear their breasts bare upon an egg of chalk! A Plea for Captain John Brown\|Henry David Thoreau To the experienced eye the color of the egg indicates that it has died as it takes on a sort of pinkish or darkish tint. Ducks and Geese\|Harry M. Lamon So after a while he came to a great highway, which was so smooth that an egg might have been rolled along it without breaking. The Red Fairy Book\|Various British Dictionary definitions for egg (1 of 2) egg¹ / (ɛɡ) / noun the oval or round reproductive body laid by the females of birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, and some other animals, consisting of a developing embryo, its food store, and sometimes jelly or albumen, all surrounded by an outer shell or membrane Also called: egg cell any female gamete; ovum the egg of the domestic hen used as food something resembling an egg, esp in shape or in being in an early stage of development bad egg old-fashioned, informal a bad person an exclamation of dismay good egg old-fashioned, informal a good person an exclamation of delight lay an egg slang, mainly US and Canadian to make a joke or give a performance, etc, that fails completely (of a joke, performance, etc) to fail completely; flop put all one's eggs in one basket or have all one's eggs in one basket to stake everything on a single venture teach one's grandmother to suck eggs to presume to teach someone something that he knows already with egg on one's face informal made to look ridiculous verb (tr) to dip (food) in beaten egg before cooking US informal to throw eggs at Word Origin for egg C14: from Old Norse egg; related to Old English ǣg, Old High German ei British Dictionary definitions for egg (2 of 2) egg² / (ɛɡ) / verb (tr usually foll by on) to urge or incite, esp to daring or foolish acts Word Origin for egg Old English eggian, from Old Norse eggja to urge; related to Old English ecg edge, Middle Low German eggen to harrow Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with egg egg In addition to the idioms beginning with egg egg in your beer egg on egg on one's face, have also see: bad egg good egg goose egg kill the goose that lays the golden eggs lay an egg put all one's eggs in one basket walk on eggs The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Content related to egg Will These Words From The 1920s Come Back In 2020?Hot socks, Daddy-o! We're back to when flappers did the Charleston and everyone just wanted to be hip to the jive. It’s time to get a wiggle on 1920s slang. READ MORE Words related to egg spawn, ovum, rudiment, germ, nucleus, bud, cackle, roe, oospore, cackleberry Cultural definitions for egg egg A female gamete. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Medical definitions for egg egg [ ĕg ] n. The female sexual cell or gamete; an ovum. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for egg egg [ ĕg ] The larger, usually nonmotile female reproductive cell of most organisms that reproduce sexually. Eggs are haploid (they have half the number of chromosomes as the other cells in the organism's body). During fertilization, the nucleus of an egg cell fuses with the nucleus of a sperm cell (the male reproductive cell) to form a new diploid organism. In animals, eggs are spherical, covered by a membrane, and usually produced by the ovaries. In some simple aquatic animals, eggs are fertilized and develop outside the body. In some terrestrial animals, such as insects, reptiles and birds, eggs are fertilized inside the body but are incubated outside the body, protected by durable, waterproof membranes (shells) until the young hatch. In mammals, eggs produced in the ovaries are fertilized inside the body and (except in the cases of monotremes) develop in the reproductive tract until birth. The human female fetus possesses all of the eggs that she will ever have; every month after the onset of puberty, one of these eggs matures and is released from the ovary into the fallopian tube, where it is either fertilized or discarded during menstruation. In many plants (such as the bryophytes, ferns, and gymnosperms) eggs are produced by flasked-shaped structures known as archegonia. In gymnosperms and angiosperms, eggs are enclosed within ovules. In angiosperms, the ovules are enclosed within ovaries. See also oogenesis. In many animals, a structure consisting of this reproductive cell together with nutrients and often a protective covering. The embryo develops within this structure if the reproductive cell is fertilized. The egg is often laid outside the body, but the female of ovoviviparous species may keep it inside the body until after hatching. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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egg

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Origin of egg

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Definition for egg (2 of 2)

verb (used with object)

Origin of egg

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